Sentences with phrase «intermediate phases of a process»

But the original context from which this metaphor comes, wine - making, includes such characteristics as only intermediate phases of a process whose aim is a stronger product.

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But as we understand Whitehead, the passage from the indeterminacy of the initial phases of concrescence, through the intermediate phases to the final phase, satisfaction, is a process which concretizes or actualizes the occasion itself, and the occasion is not actual until the process is complete.9 If so, the indeterminacy of the earlier phases of concrescence is a radical or absolute indeterminacy inconsistent with the passage of time, for there is nothing as yet actual for which time could pass; thus, concrescence is a process in a metaphorical or figurative sense, and this is why Whitehead associates concrescence with creativity, calling creativity the Category of the Ultimate, meaning that though it is used to explain all else, it is not explicable.

-- the atmospheric concentration of CO2 and other GHG's; — the reflective & absorptive characteristics, as a function of wavelength, for the GHG's; — the specific heat and mass of the earth's intermediate - term heat - storage media — the oceans (primarily) and the atmosphere; — the quantity of heat absorbed by phase - changes = ice - melt; and by chemical / biological processes.

Teens convicted of traffic violations during the permit or intermediate phases of the licensing process must begin their waiting period of 180 days all over again (from the date of the violation).